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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 398 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) their
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sea (b) whole (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) made (c) here
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) sail (b) week (c) deer
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) bear (b) tail (c) heal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) see (b) flew (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) made (b) flower (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) one (b) made (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) weak
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) tail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) no
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flour (b) weak (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) made (b) son (c) sail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bare (b) see (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) see (b) plane (c) mist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) sun
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) their (b) no (c) won
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) sun
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) groan (b) know (c) bury
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) week (b) tale (c) bury
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) rose (b) bear (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) hole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) maid (b) whole (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) knew (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) whole (b) right (c) pear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) flu (c) maid
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) blew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) hear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sun (b) rode (c) dear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) their (b) wait (c) eight

Answer key

  1. their
  2. flu
  3. rode
  4. brake
  5. bear
  6. deer
  7. tail
  8. deer
  9. piece
  10. flew
  11. peace
  12. made
  13. weak
  14. tail
  15. ate
  16. one
  17. won
  18. son
  19. weak
  20. knot
  21. meat
  22. plane
  23. tale
  24. no
  25. sun
  26. know
  27. tale
  28. knew
  29. bear
  30. waste
  31. aloud
  32. cell
  33. groan
  34. pear
  35. not
  36. flu
  37. eight
  38. hear
  39. dear
  40. wait

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